Lane grew up in Dalton, Georgia. Lane's parents were active in community theatre so it's no wonder why Lane got into acting. He began doing high school plays in which Lane refers to as "a desperate attempt to be noticed in a school that worshipped football players." Lane graduated Cum Laude holding a degree in speech and Theatre from Middle Tennessee University. Lane performed at The Alley theatre in Houston, Texas, and then moved to New York to study his craft. He spent the next two years studying and doing plays and regional theatre. After this, Lane moved to Los Angeles, where he continued to do local theatre.
His first contract role came in 1981 on Days of our Lives as Dr. Evan Whyland, followed by a contract role on Santa Barbara in the role of Mason Capwell, a role in which he is remembered by fans. After a seven month sabbatical to travel the world, Lane accidentally began doing comedy. Lane went to the East Coast to search for more daytime work, but was hired on a comedy pilot. So Lane spent the next ten years in sitcoms. He starred in four television series including The Mommies and Good & Evil with Teri Garr. Other notable television appearances include guest-starring roles on such hit series as Scrubs (playing Elliot's Dad), The Practice, 3rd Rock From the Sun, Just Shoot Me, Lois & Clark, Seinfeld, Coach, The Golden Girls and Married With Children, to name just a few.
As a stage actor, Lane has performed such roles as Hamlet, MacBeth, Petruchio, Benedick, Prospero, Henry V and Cyrano de Bergerac in companies from San Diego to Providence. He has completed six European concert tours and worked as a consultant with Walt Disney Attractions on projects in Paris and Tokyo, where he served as producer for the grand opening ceremonies for Tokyo DisneySea. As artistic director for the Santa Susana Repertory Company, a professional resident theater company in Ventura County, Lane has produced and/or directed over thirty productions and guided the company from its inception. He is also the founder and co-artistic director for the Kingsmen Shakespeare Festival in Thousand Oaks, now in its sixth season.
Lane enjoys gardening, fishing and just hanging out with his boys. Lane and his two sons live in the Los Angeles area
November 13, 2002 to February 12, 2004
A Force of One
Sommers
Scrubs
Simon Reid
Ep: "My Fruit Cups" (2002)
Ep: "My Old Man" (2002)
The Practice
Kyle Barrett
October 8, 2000 to November 5, 2000
3rd Rock from the Sun
Chancellor Duncan
Ep: "Dick Solomon's Day Off" (2000)
Ep: "Dick Strikes Out" (2000)
Ladies Man
Stan
Ep: "Breaking Up Really Isn't So Hard to Do" (2000)
The Love Boat: The Next Wave
Jerry Whitaker
Ep: "Trances of a Lifetime" (1999)
Working
Greg Larson
Ep: "A Boy, a Girl, and His Bird" (1998)
Ep: "Networking" (1998)
Jesse
Mr. Bergen
Ep: "The Methadone Clinic" (1998)
Just Shoot Me!
Dr. Hendrie
Ep: "Funny Girl" (1998)
Buddy Faro
Clancy Thomas
Ep: "Ain't That a Kick in the Head" (1998)
Kelly Kelly
Colin Potter
Ep: "Jealousy" (1998)
Damon
Philip
Ep: "The Test" (1998)
Clueless
Robert
Ep: "The Joint" (1998)
Alright Already
Blake
Ep: "Again with the Billionaire" (1998)
Babylon 5: In the Beginning [TV Movie]
Callier [uncredited]
1998
Working
Greg Larson
Ep: "Creative Matt" (1997)
Hitz
Hubie Fine
Ep: "Pilot" (1997)
Social Studies
Mr. Wighley
Ep: "Block off the Old Chip" (1997)
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
Tempus
Ep: "Lois and Clarks (2)" (1997)
Ep: "Meet John Doe (1)" (1997)
Ep: "Soul Mates" (1996)
Ep: "Tempus Fugitive" (1995)
The Mommies
Paul Kellogg
1995
The Crew
Captain Rex Parker
1995
Tom
Steve
Ep: "Reunion" (1994)
Ellen
Nate
Ep: "The Anchor" (1994)
The Nanny
Nigel Waters
Ep: "Stop the Wedding, I Want to Get Off" (1994)
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Seinfeld
MacKenzie
Ep: "The Pie" (1994)
The John Larroquette Show
Roomate
Ep: "Dirty Deeds" (1994)
Herman's Head
Dick Van Adams
Ep: "Hermo-tivated" (1993)
Coach
Gerry Finnegan
Ep: "The Commercial: Part 2" (1993)
Ep: "The Commercial: Part 1" (1993)
Arly Hanks [TV Movie]
1993
The Bold and the Beautiful
Ridge Forrester
1992
Woops!
Curtis Thorpe
September 1992 to December 1992
Empty Nest
Eric Proust
Ep: "Charley for President" (1992)
Major Dad
Captain Bob Burlock
Ep: "Base Desires" (1992)
The Golden Girls
Peterson
Ep: "Ebbtide VI: The Wrath of Stan" (1992)
Nurses
Abe Kaplan
Ep: "Seize the Date11" (1991)
Good & Evil
Dr. Eric Haan
September 1991 to October 1991
Married... with Children
Harry Ashland
Ep: "The Godfather" (1991)
Dear John
Walter Harrison
Ep: "Love Stories: Part 2" (1991)
Santa Barbara
Mason Capwell
1984 to 1989
Dallas
Craig Gurney
Ep: "The Ewing Blues" (1983)
Days of our Lives
Dr. Evan Whyland
1981-1982
The Suicide's Wife [TV Movie]
1979
The Gift of Love [TV Movie]
Browning Servant
1978
PLACE OF BIRTH: Dalton, Georgia
DATE OF BIRTH: July 31, 1951
MARITAL STATUS: Married; Holly Swann (1990)
CHILDREN: Two sons, Thatcher Lee & Nathan Hamilton
